Unit Title: Grade Level(s): The Holocaust Subject/Topic Area(s): Social Studies, History Key Words: Holocaust, Europe, Jewish, ghetto, concentration camp, WW2, genocide, National Socialism Designed by: Kasey Gilbert Time Frame: 6, 80 minute lessons School District: MSAD #9 School: Mt. Blue High School
Brief Summary of Unit
This unit is will be focused on the Holocaust, an event that took place in the 1930s and 1940s in Europe. After
finishing this unit, students know that the Holocaust occurred as a result of many events and people. That it
effected many groups of people then as well as after wards and that the Holocaust was a chaotic and disturbing time
in world history. Students will be provided with a list of important events and people in the Holocaust, be exposed
to some of the major running themes throughout the era and, definitions to some of the terms associated with the
Holocaust. Students will take part in a variety of different assignments including; the making of a documentary,
creating a Podcast, a blog, article, a time line, and online glossary. The unit will end with a comprehensive test to
assess their understanding and how much they have learned.
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Unit Title: Grade Level(s): The Holocaust
Subject/Topic Area(s): Social Studies, History
Key Words: Holocaust, Europe, Jewish, ghetto, concentration camp, WW2, genocide, National Socialism
Designed by: Kasey Gilbert
Time Frame: 6, 80 minute lessons
School District: MSAD #9
School: Mt. Blue High School
Brief Summary of Unit
finishing this unit, students know that the Holocaust occurred as a result of many events and people. That it
effected many groups of people then as well as after wards and that the Holocaust was a chaotic and disturbing time
in world history. Students will be provided with a list of important events and people in the Holocaust, be exposed
to some of the major running themes throughout the era and, definitions to some of the terms associated with the
Holocaust. Students will take part in a variety of different assignments including; the making of a documentary,
creating a Podcast, a blog, article, a time line, and online glossary. The unit will end with a comprehensive test to
assess their understanding and how much they have learned.
Completed Template pages Stages 1, 2, and 3
Completed Blueprint for the Performance Task
Completed Rubrics
Directions to Students and Teachers
Materials and Resources Listed
Suggested Accommodations
Suggested Extensions
Initial Draft (Date - )
Revised Draft (Date - )
Peer Reviewed
Content Reviewed
Field Tested
Validated
Anchored